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i'm running out of internal memory on my tab (sprint). i haven't installed a lot of apps. i have more apps on my droid incredible so not sure how i filled up the 2G. maybe it's coincidence but it started going low when i installed clockwork mod. i verified that my backup for clockwork mod is in the sd card so that's not it. any other places i can start to look internally? i barely have 10 or so apps in here.
Maybe check if files and pictures are going on your sd card and not the internal memory.
Try moving some apps to sd card and see if anything changes.
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Ice dream angel said:
Maybe check if files and pictures are going on your sd card and not the internal memory.
Try moving some apps to sd card and see if anything changes.
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yeah, i moved all the apps that possible to move to the sd card. i've taken only 3 pictures. i still only have 28M left. i guess it's time to check all the folders.
I'm willing to bet that as far as Clockwork is concerned, that 2GB internal storage is seen as your SD card, and the MicroSD card is sdext, which Clockwork probably isn't aware of.
That's the way it works on non-CDMA Galaxy devices (though all those have like, useful amounts of internal storage so it's not really an issue like it is on the crippled Verizon/Sprint versions).
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I'm willing to bet that as far as Clockwork is concerned, that 2GB internal storage is seen as your SD card, and the MicroSD card is sdext, which Clockwork probably isn't aware of.
That's the way it works on non-CDMA Galaxy devices (though all those have like, useful amounts of internal storage so it's not really an issue like it is on the crippled Verizon/Sprint versions).
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I think I found the culprit. There's a file called /data/local/tsprsp . Wtf is this file? Can I delete it?
Just deleted that file and it's fine now. Saw it in another post.thx
mach330 said:
Just deleted that file and it's fine now. Saw it in another post.thx
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How big was the file?
mach330 said:
I think I found the culprit. There's a file called /data/local/tsprsp . Wtf is this file? Can I delete it?
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I installed that version of clockwork mod and yeah my memory said it was full so i did a factory reset and delete it and all is fine now,,,something is wrong obliviously with that version and not worth installing until it is fixed,,, looks like it can cause def problems if we fool around with it,,,nothing against then mods.
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around 1.7Gb !!!
camblue said:
I installed that version of clockwork mod and yeah my memory said it was full so i did a factory reset and delete it and all is fine now,,,something is wrong obliviously with that version and not worth installing until it is fixed,,, looks like it can cause def problems if we fool around with it,,,nothing against then mods.
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yeah, i think i'm going to do a factory reset and reroot.
Anyone else getting that message saying you are running low on storage space but looking at the numbers in storage under setting the numbers clearly not adding up?
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Anyone else getting that message saying you are running low on storage space but looking at the numbers in storage under setting the numbers clearly not adding up?
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Yes. Had the issue last night. Only when trying to download and auto install. If i install from the filesystem, it does fine. Btw, for questions like this to be best answered, list what rom and kernel you are on. The more info, the better.
The graph on there is defintely not giving an accurate representation, or the numbers are way off. If its an 8gb, youll only have about 6gb of usable user memory space. The rest is used or reserved for the system.
Nexus 7 on AOKP by R4ins
You can't install any apps if you only have 500-600mb left in internal storage.
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Oh yeah specs. I was panicking and freaking out I completely forgot.
16gb c70 model running PA 2.1/faux009u.
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Having same issue starting today.... 16gig C60 rooted, stock Rom ... 5gb available.
Help
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Do you have any CWM backups? Starting with 6.0 CWM stores your backups differently than before and simply deleting them through something like Root Explorer doesn't clear everything out.
Go into CWM>manage backups and delete any you don't need, them run a new backup. I did this and cleared up over 4GB of storage.
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Do you have any CWM backups? Starting with 6.0 CWM stores your backups differently than before and simply deleting them through something like Root Explorer doesn't clear everything out.
Go into CWM>manage backups and delete any you don't need, them run a new backup. I did this and cleared up over 4GB of storage.
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Not using cwm ... No back ups. Again, i have gigs of storage available... i cleared data from a few large apps, uninstalled 100+ mb of apps, rebooted, cleared cache & dalvik cache in recovery.
I searched odex files...TiBU was only odex in data folder, deleted it, restarted. Nothing.
I tried the lucky patch "fix" ... still nothing. Grrrr
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Not using cwm ... No back ups. Again, i have gigs of storage available... i cleared data from a few large apps, uninstalled 100+ mb of apps, rebooted, cleared cache & dalvik cache in recovery.
I searched odex files...TiBU was only odex in data folder, deleted it, restarted. Nothing.
I tried the lucky patch "fix" ... still nothing. Grrrr
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Do you have ES File Explorer installed? If so, go to menu>manage>SD Card Analyst. See what it says.
Seen this as well with auto install. Turn it off and try manually doing it.
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Seen this as well with auto install. Turn it off and try manually doing it.
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I have tried no auto install...even went so far as to install apps ...
Attached is the sd analyst screen....sigh. Haha...i am tired. That is the screenshot from my amaze... Not N7.. it says total 13.24 gb, used 5.28, 7.96 avail ...
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Only way I got it fixed was deleting everything on my tablet backed everything to my computer before hand, tablet has worked better then ever on paranoid 2.16 and everything was performed via cwm format all
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*Bump* ... this is really frustrating. I'm not sure what I've done.
I keep getting "insufficient storage" when trying to install or update some apps. (YouTube & Google Drive won't update, I can't install Slacker Radio or an app I downloaded from XDA) ... but some other apps seem to install fine. Seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some apps install & others don't.
I have a rooted, unlocked 16gb C60 N7 with Stock ROM, kernel etc. All I did was root & unlock. The storage screen in settings shows 13.24 total, 8.11 gb available. When I do SD Analyst from ES Flie Explorer, it gives me same numbers...13.24 GB total, 5.13 GB used, 8.11 GB avail.
So how is there insufficient storage? I've cleared cache of Play Store, rebooted, still same problem. I don't have auto-update checked, There a "fix" in Lucky Patcher ... that didn't work either. I don't want to have to flash the factory ROM...I'm ON the FACTORY ROM.
What am I missing? What app could be causing this?
This might help
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717897
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This might help
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717897
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Thanks for offer. As my post above yours states, I've tried the Lucky Patcher "fix" and it didn't work ... I tried. Ironically, the first time I launched Lucky Patcher (I already had it installed) after this problem arose, it tried to update & couldn't!!! HA.
Any other ideas? This is getting quite annoying ... Thanks all.
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Thanks for offer. As my post above yours states, I've tried the Lucky Patcher "fix" and it didn't work ... I tried. Ironically, the first time I launched Lucky Patcher (I already had it installed) after this problem arose, it tried to update & couldn't!!! HA.
Any other ideas? This is getting quite annoying ... Thanks all.
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Sorry, missed the fact you already tried the lucky patcher fix.
Here is another solution I have used in the past, but not sure if it still applies to JB. Using Root Explorer, or similar (providing you have it installed already), or use ADB,
navigate to either /sdcard/.android_secure or /mnt/secure/asec/ folder and delete smdl2tmp1.asec if it is there
If not, I am out of idea's, sorry.
Good to see I am not the only one with an issue from the storage reporting, I was going to start my own thread but I saw this one.
My SD card space shows 13.24GB available, 8.92GB used, 4.31GB available which from first glance adds up.... but the problem is that my apps add up to about 6.64GB and I have 550MB of Images/Roms so where has my extra free space gone?
ES file explorer even reports the SDcard as have 7.26GB of used space, I have attached some images showing the inconsistencies, anyone out there with experience or ideas?
No luck. I am at a loss. But I have noticed it is only Google apps!
That is doubly annoying!
Is there some effing Google support? You guys have been great...
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Guess it is time to but the bullet and flash a new ROM ... Sigh
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Deleted a ton of apps, and and I'm still missing 1gb of storage for no apparent reason, is there no one out there who has encountered this before?
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which samsung galaxy s4 rom uses less memory? I am using Slim Beam 4.3. I have done a factory reset and it says I only have 513mb avaliable and I don't use alot of apps
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which samsung galaxy s4 rom uses less memory? I am using Slim Beam 4.3. I have done a factory reset and it says I only have 513mb avaliable and I don't use alot of apps
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Clearly you are confusing RAM and storage. Android fills your RAM with apps as unused memory is wasted memory. So Android will keep moving apps in and out of memory by use and priority.
Storage is what may be left on your internal memory by downloading a bunch of apps or creating many back ups on your phone and not deleting old ones. Where as AOSP ROMs may use about 500 MB less storage after gapps than Touchwiz ROMs, that is still not a big difference considering the 16 GB it comes with.
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Clearly you are confusing RAM and storage. Android fills your RAM with apps as unused memory is wasted memory. So Android will keep moving apps in and out of memory by use and priority.
Storage is what may be left on your internal memory by downloading a bunch of apps or creating many back ups on your phone and not deleting old ones. Where as AOSP ROMs may use about 500 MB less storage after gapps than Touchwiz ROMs, that is still not a big difference considering the 16 GB it comes with.
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Gotha. Thanks KennyGlass. But after I do a full wipe and flash a new rom, there shouldn't be only 513 left without even intalling an app.
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Gotha. Thanks KennyGlass. But after I do a full wipe and flash a new rom, there shouldn't be only 513 left without even intalling an app.
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Where are you measuring this? Are you talking internal or RAM?
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Where are you measuring this? Are you talking internal or RAM?
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Inernal
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So no, a data reset will not delete pictures, backups, or any of that. You will need to go through your internal storage and delete things.
Move your pics to external sd card as well as your big app data files
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Move your pics to external sd card as well as your big app data files
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Sorry. I meant to say memory. But it i guess ill be doing the same
I'm only passing on information that worked for me today.
I cleared up storage by installing twrp
1st: back up
2nd: wiped everything
3rd: wiped system
4th: re-installed rom and gapps
reboot
wala!!!!!!! after reinstalling all my apps, I have 8.28gb available
hi guys,
My stepson has a galaxy s4 i9500
he plays alot with it and has installed several roms after rooting the phone.
at some point he realized that after burning a new rom ha has almost no storage left on the phone itself. we tried to check the data visible during a usb connection but the total size doesn't even come near te 16GB. now he has no games or heavy apps installed and after running cleanmaster app he has 18mb free left. what can we do?
thanks alot
Michael
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hi guys,
My stepson has a galaxy s4 i9500
he plays alot with it and has installed several roms after rooting the phone.
at some point he realized that after burning a new rom ha has almost no storage left on the phone itself. we tried to check the data visible during a usb connection but the total size doesn't even come near te 16GB. now he has no games or heavy apps installed and after running cleanmaster app he has 18mb free left. what can we do?
thanks alot
Michael
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It's all your downloads and other stuff like that.
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thanks but this is not the case
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It's all your downloads and other stuff like that.
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As i said before we have just installed a new rom so there are almost no downloads at all.
i must say that im an IT specialist so i am familiar with storage folders downloads an temp files. obviously the problem is a bit mor sofisticated then that but thanks anyways
It doesn't work like that. 16gb is not one partition. It are multiple partitions. The rom itself (TW based) eat up a lot of storage. Together with a few apps it can become full easily. But maybe it's also possible that he didn't wipe properly before flashing a new rom and old files are still left.
So do a full wipe from the custom recovery and flash the rom again.
Installing a custom rom will not wipe the internal storage (unless you/he chose to do it when doing the standard wiping procedure).
So, even if he installed several roms, files usually still remain on the internal storage. Backups, rom zips, game data, etc.
Try this: Backup everything that is on the internal storage onto your pc and do a factory reset. See if it fixes anything. A factory reset wipes everything, including the internal storage.
You should also note that, even though Samsung advertised the phone as 16GB, it's actually only 9GB of usable space.
The rom partition takes about 2-3 GB. So that's a total of 12GB. Not 16, like Samsung says..
I loved Stock Android around when KitKat was out, but I came to hate it when Lollipop came out. I decided to get the Moto X and try out Marshmallow, but I'm already running into problems with/hating Google's (and Motorola's) oversimplified features.
Usually when I get a phone a put in an SD card so I can store some apps and data on there, as well as music, pictures, files, etc. that has been on the card for years. I pop in the SD card to the 16 gig phone ready to move Spotify and some other apps to the card, but then I run into that whole "format as internal storage. It says that formatting it will wipe the card (obviously), but it also says once I do I will only be able to use the SD card with this device, and when I asked a friend for help, she said I wouldn't be able to transfer data from the card anymore either.
I started searching everywhere on the internet for a workaround, but I can't find anything. Is there any workaround with this? I'm already rooted and on a ROM so I'm open to any suggestions. If not I'm just going to sell the phone or downgrade to lollipop.
Which version of twrp are you using ?
You need to make sure you have this version of twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3200520
Prior to this version, twrp was broke in regards to the new adaptable storage that came in Android M, then finally a few weeks ago, 3.0.0 came out, fixed that, and also a few other things. I can not use the combined/adaptable storage feature in Marshmallow like it was intended. To be honest, it was the major reason I got this phone and bought the 16gb version. Its all good now tho.
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Which version of twrp are you using ?
You need to make sure you have this version of twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3200520
Prior to this version, twrp was broke in regards to the new adaptable storage that came in Android M, then finally a few weeks ago, 3.0.0 came out, fixed that, and also a few other things. I can not use the combined/adaptable storage feature in Marshmallow like it was intended. To be honest, it was the major reason I got this phone and bought the 16gb version. Its all good now tho.
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Yeah I have 3.0.0 installed on my phone, should I reinstall it or install 3.0.1?
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Yeah I have 3.0.0 installed on my phone, should I reinstall it or install 3.0.1?
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Can you explain what the problem is again? Starting with twrp 3.0 , adaptable storage should work as its suppose to.
And yeah I just seen 3.0.1 is out I'm thinking just flashing the .IMG will work, I used flashify
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Can you explain what the problem is again? Starting with twrp 3.0 , adaptable storage should work as its suppose to.
And yeah I just seen 3.0.1 is out I'm thinking just flashing the .IMG will work, I used flashify
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The problem is Marshmallow wants me to format my SD card as internal storage just to store apps on it, and I am trying to find a way to store apps on there without formating it, as I've been doing with all previous Android versions.
I don't get why you wouldn't want to use the adaptable storage option. What's wrong with backing ur sd up to pc, format as internal(adaptable storage? , and then copy back from pc. If I'm missing something, my bad.
Otherwise,
Pretty sure there isn't way to do what you want on 6.0... But again, I don't know what you are actually losing out on other than having to back the card 1st, format, and copy back. A small hassle
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I don't get why you wouldn't want to use the adaptable storage option. What's wrong with backing ur sd up to pc, format as internal(adaptable storage? , and then copy back from pc. If I'm missing something, my bad.
Otherwise,
Pretty sure there isn't way to do what you want on 6.0... But again, I don't know what you are actually losing out on other than having to back the card 1st, format, and copy back. A small hassle
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I don't want to use the adaptable storage because I will only be able to use the SD card with this phone and I won't be able to transfer data from it either.
This is a problem because I currently use the SD card between two phones, as a makeshift flash drive, and as storage for my DSLR so I can edit photos with my phone.
I went through this whole ordeal myself recently.
You can't have it both ways. I chose to format my card as portable storage so it will remain readable in any card reader. The draw back is apps can't be stored on it, nor most app data.
To work around this i'm making every app a system app. This will alleviate some of the burden of the internal storage. Some apps will just not work as system apps. I think swype is one example.
Some apps will require their .lib to be placed in the appropriate lib folder under system (lib or lib64 for 64bit binaries). Google maps and hangouts are two examples that come to mind. You'll know if you need this if the app crashes when starting.
The ideal solution is to have a phone with at least 32GB storage or more. This becomes a non issue then.
Yeah, Motorola removed the Move to SD card feature in favor of "the richer experience natively provided by Android."
I think you can use TWRP "Partition SD Card" to create 2 partitions on the SD, though... a FAT32 partition to share with your other devices and an EXT4 partition that you can use to store apps. You'll need an android app like Mounts2SD to copy apps to/from the external storage.
The other option is to downgrade to 5.1.1 or use a 6.0 ROM that still has the old Move to SD card feature. I'm not sure if there are any, though.
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I went through this whole ordeal myself recently.
You can't have it both ways. I chose to format my card as portable storage so it will remain readable in any card reader. The draw back is apps can't be stored on it, nor most app data.
To work around this i'm making every app a system app. This will alleviate some of the burden of the internal storage. Some apps will just not work as system apps. I think swype is one example.
Some apps will require their .lib to be placed in the appropriate lib folder under system (lib or lib64 for 64bit binaries). Google maps and hangouts are two examples that come to mind. You'll know if you need this if the app crashes when starting.
The ideal solution is to have a phone with at least 32GB storage or more. This becomes a non issue then.
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To the op Sorry man, I didn't really know all this. But this post seems to explain it pretty well. Looks like you may have to sell or downgrade. That sucks.
As far as this specific post is concerned, I'm trying to follow my best. As you said, best would be to buy at least at 32gb well some, including me have already bought a 16gb, unfortunately. Personally, iv chose to use adaptable now that twrp 3.0 is out. When i Install apps, wherever they go is where they go. After seeing this thread, I'm thinking maybe there is way to do things a different way to save some space. I went ahead and went into apps and tried moving Spotify from internal to SD card. but after I did this, I noticed every time I close the app it signs me out lol wth... that's a problem. I didn't know why it was doing that. Is this an example of an app not being able to run correctly on the SD rather than internal? Also, i tried moving maps from internal to sd, seemed to be running fine, but shortly after, i noticed on a reboot, it somehow uninstsalls. Its gone as if i uninstalled it manually but i obv did not. Like what? How is this even possible. I wanted to give you a few examples of what i tried and what was happening. But I asked myself why am I even doing this, is it to save space? If it is, that's fine.
But yeah man, it seems you know more than me about this , that's safe to say. But based on what iv written here, can you give me some advice on things to do if I'm using the adaptable storage option. Should I be moving apps? Why? Which ones? Or just leave things as is? Again i have a 16gb model with a 32gb card running adaptable storage. If there are ways to save space by moving apps certain places I'm fine with that. I'd just like to get your opinion on what exactly I should be doing based on the model I have, size card, and running adaptable storage. Hey sorry too bother you about this. I had noticed you replied to the op of this topic and you know what you are talking about.
And to the op, sorry if iv hijacked your post man.
Peace
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Yeah I should have gotten the 32gb version, although it's kind of my fault because I already had a negative opinion of post-kitkat stock Android yet I got the device anyways. Maybe I can resell the device on swappa and get a 32gb version instead of buying a new one, mainly because the only two phones of the 2015 generation I have interest in is the Moto X Pure and the One M9. Worst case scenario is settling for Samsung (as oneplus said, never settle)
To make matters worst, I temporarily moved all the data to my computer and formated the SD card as internal as a test, only to find out the two apps I put on there don't want to act properly because the SD card is too slow (which is why the feature shouldn't even be here in the first place).
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If I do do one of those options it would most likely be the second one because last time I messed with partitions on an SD card I, somehow, bricked the phone. I could look for a tutorial somewhere, but this phone's XDA forums is relatively quiet compared to other phones I've had (especially Android development).
@Sheetzie03, I can't help you with adoptable space as it's not something I have much experience with. It could be spotify relies on other components which are not accessible when on the sd.